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Resource | Using Artificial Intelligence Teaching Assistants to Guide Students in Solar Energy Engineering Design
Engineering projects, such as designing a solar farm that converts solar radiation shined on the Earth into electricity, engage students in addressing real-world challenges by learning and applying geoscience knowledge. To improve their designs, students benefit from frequent and informative feedback as they iterate. However, teacher attention may be limited or inadequate, both during COVID-19…
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Resource | Using Artificial Intelligence Teaching Assistants to Guide Students in Solar Energy Engineering Design
Engineering projects, such as designing a solar farm that converts solar radiation shined on the Earth into electricity, engage students in addressing real-world challenges by learning and applying geoscience knowledge. To improve their designs, students benefit from frequent and informative feedback as they iterate. However, teacher attention may be limited or inadequate, both during COVID-19…
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Resource | Understanding Variation in Integrated STEM Practice as Measured by the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP)
To better understand integrated STEM education, this work explored scores on the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP), a newly developed observation protocol for use in K-12 science and engineering classrooms. The goals of this work were to better understand how integrated STEM might look throughout an integrated STEM unit and identify limitations of the instrument when examining daily scores and…
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Resource | Understanding Variation in Integrated STEM Practice as Measured by the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP)
To better understand integrated STEM education, this work explored scores on the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP), a newly developed observation protocol for use in K-12 science and engineering classrooms. The goals of this work were to better understand how integrated STEM might look throughout an integrated STEM unit and identify limitations of the instrument when examining daily scores and…
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Resource | Transforming Learning Opportunities in Linguistically Diverse Secondary Classrooms Through Promoting Discussions: Results of an Intervention
This article presents results from a design experiment intended to develop students’ understanding of linear functions and rates of change in a linguistically diverse ninth grade classroom. The intervention focused on fostering classroom discussions. Students’ pre-post assessment gains were higher in the redesigned classrooms than in the pre-intervention classrooms. Additionally, multilingual…
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Resource | Novice Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching: Instructional Planning and Discourse
Teaching science to elementary school students is complex, and teacher preparation programs must support preservice teachers’ learning to communicate science content and practices with children. Science teachers bring the experiences they have as students to their teacher preparation, and these experiences may support or conflict with what they are learning about effective teaching. In this study…
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Resource | Engaging Elementary Students in Science Practice: Strategies for Helping Children Plan Investigations
This article presents a tool that teachers can use to support children in planning science investigations. Using an extended example from a second-grade investigation into seed dispersal, we describe strategies for structuring conversations that anchor investigations in phenomena and provide opportunities for students to be involved in making decisions about what materials to use in an…
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Resource | Conducting Authentic Moth Research with Students to Encourage Scientific Inquiry
Studying moths is an excellent way to include students in science practices by introducing them to a ubiquitous but under-appreciated animal group that can be found in their local places, including urban, suburban, agricultural, forested, and other habitats. In this paper, we share a simple, low-cost method that can allow individual students or groups to collect moth specimens and begin to ask…
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Early Career News | Utilizing Trust to Examine Pre-Service Teachers’ Challenges When Learning to Implement Mathematics Tasks
Tracy E. Dobie, Erin Smith, Naomi Jessup, Jennifer Ward, Katherine Baker, Kathleen Nitta, and Monica Gonzalez (2014-15 CADRE Fellow)  published this article in Investigations in Mathematics Learning.
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Early Career News | What Do We Know About the Extent of Teacher Shortages Nationwide? A Systematic Examination of Reports of U.S. Teacher Shortages
Tuan D. Nguyen, (CAREER Awardee) published this AERA Open article with co-authors Chanh B. Lam and Paul Bruno.
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Early Career News | Publishing Mathematics Education Research in English: Amplifying Voices from the Field
Lisa Darragh, Karin Brodie, Anjum Halai, Núria Planas, Despina Potari, Manuel Santos-Trigo, Thorsten Scheiner, and Janet Walkoe (CAREER Awardee) published this article in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education.
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Early Career News | Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Navigational Expertise When Designing Multimodal Representations of Practice: A Semiotic Analysis
Gil Schwarts, Patricio Herbst, Daniel Chazan, Orly Buchbinder (CAREER Awardee), Lawrence M. Clark, Rob Wieman, and William Zahner published this Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education article.
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Early Career News | Intent and Extent: Computer Science Concepts and Practices in Integrated Computing
Lauren E. Margulieux (CAREER Awardee), Yin-Chan Liao, Erin Anderson, Miranda C. Parker, and Brendan D. Calandra published this article in ACM Transactions on Computing Education.
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Early Career News | Bringing Computational Thinking into Classrooms: A Systematic Review on Supporting Teachers in Integrating Computational Thinking into K-12 Classrooms
Zhichun Liu, Zarina Gearty, Eleanor Richard, Chandra Hawley Orrill, Shakhnoza Kayumova (CAREER Awardee), and Ramprasad Balasubramanian published this article in the International Journal of STEM Education.
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Resource | Supporting Student Voice in Science Classrooms: The Limits of Psychosocial Approaches and the Importance of Sociocultural and Critical Perspectives on Student Agency
In this paper, we examine traditional psychosocial approaches to the study of student agency in science education, emphasizing the importance of incorporating sociocultural and critical perspectives. We present both contemporary studies of student agency in educational psychology and the work of scholars who study students’ student agency with attention to the cultural, economic, political, and…
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Blog | A Quantum Leap: Teaching & Learning the Physics of the Future
Translating the latest science into education is always a challenge, particularly in physics. A key aspect of exemplary science education is that the students are doing science, not just reading or hearing about science. Physics ideas are often complex and far removed from everyday experience, making it difficult to turn developments in physics into instructional materials appropriate for the…
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Project Spotlight | Physical Sciences: Chemistry & Physics Education
This Spotlight highlights seven DRK-12 projects that are advancing the field of physical science education in Chemistry and Physics. They share information on how they are innovating approaches to teaching and learning or assessing concepts and practices in these disciplines; how they are leveraging scientific and technological advances; challenges that are unique to work in this discipline along…
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Resource | Science Teachers Learning from Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) High School Biology Units
This collection of curriculum units focus on the biology topics of natural selection, matter and energy, and genetics. Each unit contains a series of lessons, videos, and materials for students and teachers.
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Resource | Three-Dimensional Rural Science Lesson Plans
These high-quality, NGSS-aligned science lesson plans are built on phenomena meaningful to rural students. They include plans for middle school science, as well as high school biology, Earth science, chemistry, and physics.
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Resource | Motivation – Planning Lessons to Activate eNgagement in Science (M-PLANS) Toolkit
This toolkit lays important groundwork to help teachers successfully enact motivation design principles (MDPs) in support of student motivation and engagement in science. It addresses the reciprocal relationship between motivationally supportive teaching and equitable science instruction and provides guidance on general classroom organization, routines, policies, and climate considerations that…
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Resource | Motivation – Planning Lessons to Activate eNgagement in Science (M-PLANS) Toolkit
This toolkit lays important groundwork to help teachers successfully enact motivation design principles (MDPs) in support of student motivation and engagement in science. It addresses the reciprocal relationship between motivationally supportive teaching and equitable science instruction and provides guidance on general classroom organization, routines, policies, and climate considerations that…
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Resource | Motivation – Planning Lessons to Activate eNgagement in Science (M-PLANS) Toolkit
This toolkit lays important groundwork to help teachers successfully enact motivation design principles (MDPs) in support of student motivation and engagement in science. It addresses the reciprocal relationship between motivationally supportive teaching and equitable science instruction and provides guidance on general classroom organization, routines, policies, and climate considerations that…
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Resource | Schoolyard SITES Curriculum Workbook & Citizen Science Guide
This curriculum workbook details a design process for engaging students in citizen science investigations that are relevant to their school district’s curriculum and school site. The citizen science guide is designed to help users critically examine potential citizen science projects to determine whether they can be easily adapted for use in a classroom curriculum and schoolyard setting.
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Resource | VISIONS Project K–12 Resources
These resources are designed to help put high-quality, equitable math instruction into practice. The VISIONS Project fosters collaboration among state, district, and school-based leaders; mathematics teachers; mathematicians; and researchers who co-design essential tools for all grade levels.
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Resource | VISIONS Project K–12 Resources
These resources are designed to help put high-quality, equitable math instruction into practice. The VISIONS Project fosters collaboration among state, district, and school-based leaders; mathematics teachers; mathematicians; and researchers who co-design essential tools for all grade levels.
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Resource | VISIONS Project K–12 Resources
These resources are designed to help put high-quality, equitable math instruction into practice. The VISIONS Project fosters collaboration among state, district, and school-based leaders; mathematics teachers; mathematicians; and researchers who co-design essential tools for all grade levels.
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Resource | VISIONS Project K–12 Resources
These resources are designed to help put high-quality, equitable math instruction into practice. The VISIONS Project fosters collaboration among state, district, and school-based leaders; mathematics teachers; mathematicians; and researchers who co-design essential tools for all grade levels.
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Resource | Alliance for Science Educators (ASET) Toolkit
The ASET Toolkit is a Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) planning toolkit designed to help science educators plan lessons and units that integrate the 3 dimensions outlined in the Framework (NRC, 2012). The toolkit includes: 1) Dialogic tools that foster and support deepening awareness and understanding of how to make the significant shifts in instruction, learning, and formative assessment…
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Resource | Together-Juntos Math Professional Learning Modules
These professional learning modules are designed for use by teacher educators, professional development facilitators, teacher leaders, school or district leaders, family engagement coordinators, and those in similar roles in schools and communities. Most of the materials are intended to be implemented with caregivers and teachers together, and some activities are designed for just teachers. They…
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Resource | Together-Juntos Math Professional Learning Modules
These professional learning modules are designed for use by teacher educators, professional development facilitators, teacher leaders, school or district leaders, family engagement coordinators, and those in similar roles in schools and communities. Most of the materials are intended to be implemented with caregivers and teachers together, and some activities are designed for just teachers. They…
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